4 pointsby tape_measure2 days ago1 comment
  • tape_measure2 days ago
    I'm submitting this based on the current top item "North Dakota law lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers' names" [0].

    This accident was traced to a manager transcribing "inorganic absorbent" as "an organic absorbent". A more serious example of the need to have competent people with domain knowledge in the room and empowered when documents are written.

    [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492161